Mitsumata Tissue Light HM 11 gsm 55,9 x 69,9 cm HW - Natural white
Product code: 115161- 100% Japanese mitsumata
- 3 deckle edges
- unsized
- HM - Handmade
- HW - Heritage washi
- cooked in slaked lime, board dried, produced in Okayama • made as a double wide sheet and then cut in half
- used in Japan for its warm tone in backing gold leaf
- mitsumata called the "feminine fibre", softer & more pliable than kozo; takes twice as long as kozo to grow
- beautiful for chine-collé, drawing, layering; absorbent without bleeding or feathering
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